PDF tracking in Google Analytics from button click

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

Where did you add the pdf link with the onclick attribute? Have you tried using the Code Block element instead of the Text Block? Please create a test page and post the site account details in the private field so that we could inspect the issue.

You might have to replace the GA snippet with the latest version.

// https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

Did you already create an event in your Google Tag Manager console? Instead of adding the onclick attribute to the link, try to track the button based on a custom css class or ID. There are a lot of instructions, documentation or tutorials available out there such as the following.

// https://www.lovesdata.com/blog/google-tag-manager-button-click-tracking

If you want to read more about tracking events, please check the documentation.

// https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gtagjs/events

And if you have not created a tracking event or goals yet, please refer to the following instructions.

// https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033068#Anatomy
// https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032415

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thanks for the update. If you need to place code in the header, then it should work if you paste the script in the Google Analytics box in the theme options. If it doesn’t work there, then please use a function in your functions.php file instead:

function add_tag_manager_script(){
?>
Code in the header goes here
<?php
}
add_action('wp_head', 'add_tag_manager_script');

If you need to add code below the body tag, then please use this:

function add_script_below_body_tag(){
?>
Code below the body tag goes here
<?php
}
add_action('ava_after_body_opening_tag', 'add_script_below_body_tag');

Best regards,
Rikard

Hi,

There are other tracking tools out there such Matomo or Hotjar, but the most popular and maybe the easier to implement is Google Analytics because all the options that you need are already in the console, which has a very good UI. All you need to do is create a goal and set up the triggers or conditions e.g., click, scroll, DOM changes, form submission etc., to track an event.

Here is a good tutorial on how to track Google Tag Manager events.

// https://medium.com/analytics-for-humans/how-to-track-events-on-your-website-with-google-tag-manager-c9c4a510c77c

Best regards,
Ismael